Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Bernardston
Bernardston is a small town of about 2,100 people spread across 23.4 square miles of land at the top of the Pioneer Valley in Franklin County. It skews a little older than the state as a whole: about one resident in five is 65 or over, while about one in six is under 18. Four in five of its homes are owner-occupied, and households average 2.3 people. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 2,102
- Households: 889
- Persons per household: 2.3
- Foreign-born: 3.1% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 21.9%
- Under 18: 16.3%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 89.6%
- Asian: 1.6%
- Black or African American: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.6%
- Two or more races: 8.4%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 1.7%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $78,427
- Poverty rate: 6.2%
- Median home value: $305,500
- Median gross rent: $983
- Homeownership: 79.8% of units
- In the labor force: 64.2%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Bernardston’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 1,805
- Unenrolled (no party): 1,395 (77.29%)
- Democrats: 274 (15.18%)
- Republicans: 123 (6.81%)
Sources
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